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I really wish people would stop mixing up TSA and USCBP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Custo

I really wish people would stop mixing up TSA and USCBP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protect...)

alan_cx 14y ago
Perhaps the worry should be that people just shorten all that to "USA", and give up. I know I would never travel there, and I don't really care which acronym is out to wreck my life.
- jacquesm 14y ago
  > Perhaps the worry should be that people just shorten all that to "USA", and give up. I've done exactly that. Too bad, there are a lot of really nice people there that I consider close friends.
  - angersock 14y ago
    You seem to have been around (here at least) for a while... is there a story here, or are you just cutting off your nose to spite your face? EDIT: Removed leading "Honestly?". Am serious if an experience led to this.
    - jacquesm 14y ago
      I've lived on the US/Canadian border for several years and I've seen enough of US immigration to last me a lifetime. The specific incident that made me decide to stop visiting the US took place at an airport but that merely made the bucket overflow, it was already pretty full.
      - tucosan 14y ago
        Now I am curious. Care to go into detail on either the specific case that made "your bucket overflow" or the overall situation that maddens you so much? I haven't been to the US for over a decade now and only pick up things on the news here and there...
        jacquesm 14y ago
        > Now I am curious. Care to go into detail on either the specific case that made "your bucket overflow" or the overall situation that maddens you so much? No. > I haven't been to the US for over a decade now and only pick up things on the news here and there... My last visit to the states was in 2005, so we're getting to that decade. I used to go at least once every year, sometimes more often. But until the madness is brought under control (probably not within my lifetime) it's not going to happen again. Too bad, really.
betterunix 14y ago
It's not hard to understand the confusion. One agency takes a nude photo of you and punishes you for asserting your rights, the other demands that you let them explore your laptop and cites decades of precedent in ignoring civil rights, and both take pride in examining personal luggage and publicly embarrassing people.

I really wish people would stop mixing up TSA and USCBP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protect...)

alan_cx 14y ago

Perhaps the worry should be that people just shorten all that to "USA", and give up. I know I would never travel there, and I don't really care which acronym is out to wreck my life.

jacquesm 14y ago
> Perhaps the worry should be that people just shorten all that to "USA", and give up. I've done exactly that. Too bad, there are a lot of really nice people there that I consider close friends.
- angersock 14y ago
  You seem to have been around (here at least) for a while... is there a story here, or are you just cutting off your nose to spite your face? EDIT: Removed leading "Honestly?". Am serious if an experience led to this.
  - jacquesm 14y ago
    I've lived on the US/Canadian border for several years and I've seen enough of US immigration to last me a lifetime. The specific incident that made me decide to stop visiting the US took place at an airport but that merely made the bucket overflow, it was already pretty full.
    - tucosan 14y ago
      Now I am curious. Care to go into detail on either the specific case that made "your bucket overflow" or the overall situation that maddens you so much? I haven't been to the US for over a decade now and only pick up things on the news here and there...
      - jacquesm 14y ago
        > Now I am curious. Care to go into detail on either the specific case that made "your bucket overflow" or the overall situation that maddens you so much? No. > I haven't been to the US for over a decade now and only pick up things on the news here and there... My last visit to the states was in 2005, so we're getting to that decade. I used to go at least once every year, sometimes more often. But until the madness is brought under control (probably not within my lifetime) it's not going to happen again. Too bad, really.

betterunix 14y ago

It's not hard to understand the confusion. One agency takes a nude photo of you and punishes you for asserting your rights, the other demands that you let them explore your laptop and cites decades of precedent in ignoring civil rights, and both take pride in examining personal luggage and publicly embarrassing people.